Because she is seven months pregnant, a Chinese immigrant's in-laws fly from China to America to visit before their grandchild's birth. The woman has lived in America with her husband, Wuji, for the past five years. Wuji received his Ph.D. and is now a lecturer at a university. Her woman used to own a clothing store in China, but the clothes didn’t sell in America. Wuji’s mother is intent on learning English while in America through free English-language classes, specifically to compete with her husband, a literature professor who can speak English well. Over dinner, Wuji’s father is skeptical; he believes the classes are a way for the US government to catch illegal immigrants. They argue about whether America is capitalist or socialist. The narrator later helps her mother-in-law download an English-language learning app, against her father-in-law’s wishes. She drives her mother-in-law to the library in exchange for her mother-in-law’s help with the cooking. Her father-in-law stays busy fixing things around the house. Without consulting the narrator, Wuji tells his parents they can stay for as long as they want. The narrator’s father-in-law decides to wash Wuji’s car, but accidentally washes a neighbor’s similar, but more-expensive looking car, thinking it is Wuji’s. Wuji convinces everyone his father shouldn’t leave a note, claiming the act could cause trouble if the owner found a scratch on the car. The next day, Jeff, the owner of the car Wuji’s father accidentally washed, arrives at their house with a cake to say thank you. Because he is a Black man, Wuji’s father suspects Jeff does not actually own the nicer car. Offended, Jeff scratches through the “Thank You” written on the cake, and carves “Fucking As” into the frosting. Later, the family tries to throw the cake at Jeff’s car, only to find it is gone. They eat the cake instead.